Folasade Ogunleye
folasade.ogunleye@example.xxx · +234 XXX XXX XXXX · Lagos, Nigeria · linkedin.com/in/folasadeogunleye
Résumé
People executive with 16 years' experience, including 6 years as Head of People and CHRO in creative agencies and tech businesses. Has built HR from the ground up in fast growing agencies, designed career paths for creative and technical talent, and turned employer branding into a hiring advantage. Partners founders and boards on organisation design, culture and long term talent strategy.
Compétences
HR strategy, organisation design, workforce planning, change management, employer branding, recruitment marketing, career paths, leadership development, learning programmes, succession, performance systems, pay structures, engagement, inclusion, HR policy, board people committee reporting
Expérience
Chief People Officer, Brandvista Digital, Lagos and Nairobi Jan 2022 to Present
- Mandate: build a people function that could support rapid international growth
- Scope: 320 staff across 2 countries; HR team of 8; reports to the CEO; attends Board
- Set the people strategy aligned to growth plans and new market launches
- Oversee talent acquisition, learning, performance, reward, HR operations and compliance
- Led employer branding, including careers site, content series and campus partnerships
- Designed career paths for creative, strategy, media and engineering roles
- Present people metrics and succession plans to the Board People Committee quarterly
Head of People, Wakanow, Lagos Mar 2018 to Dec 2021
- Mandate: rebuild HR after a period of high attrition
- Reduced attrition from 31% to 17% through onboarding, manager training and reward changes
HR Business Partner, then Senior Talent Manager, MTN Nigeria, Lagos 2010 to 2018
Formation
- 2013, M.Sc. Organisational Psychology, University of Lagos (2013)
Career highlights
Designed career frameworks for 9 job families, cutting regretted attrition from 26% to 12%, Built an employer brand and recruitment marketing engine that tripled qualified applicants per role, Launched a leadership academy that filled 70% of senior roles internally, Introduced performance and reward linked to client outcomes, lifting engagement from 58% to 81%
Board appointments
Mentor, Women in Tech Africa | 2020 to Present
Certifications & memberships
M.Sc., FCIPM, SHRM SCP, Fellow, CIPM (FCIPM); SHRM Senior Certified Professional; Prosci Certified Change Practitioner